Among other things, O’Reilly’s talking points memo asked: “When was the last time you saw a public service ad telling young black girls to avoid becoming pregnant?” This is a good question, though his viewing audience may not be the best people to answer it. Apparently, 64% of his viewers are older than age 50 and 40% are age 65 or older. Moreover, according to this (ok-dated) 2005 report, O’Reilly’s Nielson rating hits something like 0.2 among African-American women. That’s about one-fifteenth of the audience among African-American women for Survivor: Vanuatu and similar ventures of that year.

Feed the Political Animal

Suddenly, it's in both parties' interests to fight the broader decline of marriage. Here's the case for a "marriage opportunity" agenda. By David Blankenhorn, William Galston, Jonathan Rauch, and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead